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Trustee's Sale (June 22nd, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Notice by Charles W. Ross, Trustee, of public sale of the property known as "Araby" near Frederick [part of Monocacy battlefield]
Full DetailsThe Mass Meeting (June 27th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The recent Johnson Club meeting in the city shows that the real purpose of the club is to bring about the repeal of the Registry Law. The cheering of former Confederates shows that the club is composed of many former Confederate soldiers and their supporters. Many others joined the clubs in opposition to negro suffrage, but have since left it after discovering its true object. One wing of the club supports the Registry Law, while the other opposes it. All profess opposition to negro suffrage.
Full DetailsUrbana District Club (June 27th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: On June 23, (1866) a meeting of the Unconditional Union Party was held in Urbana. The assembly agreed to form an Unconditional Union Club as recommended by the Central Committee of Frederick, called the Unconditional Union Club of Urbana District No. 7. Those present professed support for the Reconstruction Policy of Congress and opposition to “rebel suffrage” and negro suffrage. Officers were Thomas A. Smith, president; Zachariah G. Harris, vice president; William H. Peters, secretary; and John W. Shaw, treasurer.
Full DetailsUnion Club (June 27th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A temporary organization of Frederick District Union Club was established at a recent meeting held at the Examiner office. All Union men in the district are urged to join and help thwart “the rebels” who are already organizing for the coming election.
Full DetailsSoldiers' Legion (June 27th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Announcement for the meeting of the Soldiers' Legion of the Frederick District and anyone else who sympathized with their struggles during the Civil War. Promises speakers from abroad.
Full DetailsLetter to Editor (June 28th, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Letter writer reports white man handcuffed by Carroll County sheriff to Negro woman while both being transported to penitentiary - writer claims "degradation" of the South Carolina white man by such treatment
Full DetailsImportant Meeting (June 28th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Meeting of the Carroll County Union Central Committee to be held in Westminster July 2 - committee members from eleven election districts are named.
Full DetailsOrganization [sic] (June 28th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Urges action from Unconditional Union supporters as various meetings at the local and state level take place - do not sit idly by - "victories achieved in the field must not be lost at the ballot-box."
Full DetailsState Central Committee (June 28th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Proceedings of the State Central Committee of the Unconditional Union party in Baltimore, including a resoltion, proposed by Wm. McKellip of Carroll Co., denying the Central Committee's right to alter the party platform adopted in convention.
Full DetailsHon. Francis Thomas (June 28th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Laudatory account of Francis Thomas, representative of Maryland's Fourth Congressional District, described as "the most loyal and progressive in Maryland."
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